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Writer: Martin Peretz

August 23, 2012
1:16 pm

What Obama talks about when he talks about Islam

It’s a pity that the president set out with such zeal to placate the Arab world, all the while employing a piecemeal approach to the real issue at hand — Iran

By Martin Peretz

August 6, 2012
12:11 pm

Syria’s merciless history

‘The Syrian Rebellion,’ by Fouad Ajami, is an unflinching book that doesn’t offer much hope

By Martin Peretz

May 6, 2012
11:12 am

NATO is no peace panacea

American soldiers manning checkpoints in the West Bank won’t make a Palestinian state any more plausible — and they’ll spell disaster for Israel and the US

By Martin Peretz

March 24, 2012
10:31 pm

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

A state without delusions

History has taught us that Palestine must remain limited in its turf and in its weapons — because, like its Arab neighbors, it cannot be trusted to let well enough alone

By Martin Peretz